Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-04
RICH MEMS SONS.
Victims of the Popular idea That the
Sole Use Of Money II Amusement.

sA,wealthy broker Of New York be-
gan life as a Farmland in New Jer-
sey. He had the craving natural to a
poor boy for fine clothes, splendid
house, luxury ofe every kind. To acquire
these, he worked hard with brain and
body. As he rose in life, he was
thrown in contact with educated men,
great financiers, rulers of commerce,
artists, teachers, scientific men. His
own intellect, strengthened by its
work. was bold and broad enough to
appreciate them all. By the time he
was fifty, he cared little for the phys
ical luxuries which his money could
buy for him. His pursuits, apart from
his business, were noble and elevating
those which belong to a many
sided, enlightened American, who
keeps abreast of his time in its great
movements.
\ His son, on the contrary, was born
in the lap of riches. Luxuries, the
lack of which urged his father to inces-
SAINT activity, were as familiar to him
as the air and daily sunshine. Fine
clothes, rich food, amusements of all
kinds, gave him little pleasure, they
were matters OF course. He knew no
life of which they were nota part. He
did not work at school or at college.
Why should hep Other men worked
to make place for themselves in the
world. His place was already made
for him. He needed no more millions
than his father could give him. He
had literally nothing to do but to
amuse himself. Now, there's but linn
tied number of amusements in the
world, and afterNa certain time the
senses, the nerves, the whole body,
grow jaded with each Of them. BY
the time this young man Preached the
age of twenty-five, he was as stated
with pleasure as a gray-haired de-
bauchee. Cards, wine, sport, travel,
bored him; his physical strength was
exhausted; his mind though still imma-
ture, was almost imbecile When a
sudden attack of illness carried him
out of this world, nobody in it was sor-
ry; himself, perhaps, least of all.
The story Of this, rich man and his
son has been repeated countless times
in the lives of our rich men. The
"gilded youth" of our great cities
grow weary of balls, of steam-yachts,
of even the theaters, gambling and
drink. Their jaded appetites crave
stronger diet. In the great centers Of
riches and folly some of them crowd
in the small hours of the morning tc
dens unknown to the police, to see
brutal combats between prize-fghters.
At recent fight between woman
and dog the ring was surrounded by
men worth, millions. 1.-The only rea
sensation 1 have enjoyed for years, '
said one of this class lately, "was il
China last July, when l saw the execu
toner chop off five heads in an hour.
At heart these lads are made of a,
| good. manly stuff as Others. They ar,
victims to the popular idea that tn,
sole use of money is amusement. Ever
when weighted by huge fortune, as Ma
poleon Bonaparte once wrote to hi
Marshal: "Surely we should endeavo
to do something; to say that we hay'
lived; to leave some impress of ou
lives upon the sands of Time. ~ Youth
Companion. rsss.
| Thoroughly Posted.-He-"I taxi
it you're quite up in the game. Mis-
Snigglefitz.r She" Ratherl Grand
pas first base in the Life Insurance
nine; pas pitcher for the 'Oleomsrga
riues;' my two brothers are in tn
.Bangtown College nine; two uncle
and three cousins are in the .Hetero
geneans;' and if you'll promise not t
give it away, Mr.. Tompkins. I'll Jus
confide in you that I'm engaged t
Billy Snooks, the umpire" 49,
There is one word in the Englisl
language that admits of four degree
of comparison; bald balder, baldest
wig.